Ventilated car door



mlliam WIT/Wine,

July 6, 1926.

W. E. WINE VENTILATED C AR DooR Filed Oct. 8. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 zzam EW wmf. IIIIIIII-llll i in WILLIAM EOF mQLnn'foH-Io. V`

' My Yinventien 1el;1;t.esto .new and usefnlinf 'proveniente in ear c'l'ool's andinere part1en 'laily to .a door for freight ,-easfbaggege cars,fer otl1 er types of ca rs Whenein'fit.isjdjesii'eclfto supply" a door'y Wliielfis providedA Wit-h means for ventiljcitingthe interim of 'the ear anlgat the Sametime add "but little excess `Weight to the c ai vdoor as a Wligle.

i Still 'anetliervbjectof thefnintionis to 7 -olgen fand .the other ,closed "i on line S-Sef Fig. l.

'nident tefthe cai'es a- Wli'ole,`\but the doors form f Ventilatqr e1" yentilating'- inea'nsy TFig. .2 Jisevseetionl .Viewftakenfgon'f line Fig. 4.is a ffragmentamy yiew ,vo/the sup# poit er handle -for the shutter or Cover, forl th'e y'ventilfa'fors.

(Fig. is fa seetipnel View of thie'vportion of 'fha meel-.Strip'si2. .while fthegusses or angle 1 Lect-)iveA the a' Aeross'tlie 't the bovesppl-t; fak@ on 'line g-spf Y @if v Suppwfbsneone of the lower pletesand ilse.

its corners.

The upper .heilteftlieoifjisvpryieled I with j two e large rectangular openings in each Off which are "sfitnted the-,niet

that foinftle yentilatfr fcenrfal'lmpert .6 being left between the "two 'ein the Weatl .that-two plates 4' and`5have'ben-insertecl I and it will bene'ticed tllviit thesefpla-tes are p rovidetl 1gpluifelitygge,leuven,the plate having'theiloiiiieijsl v'v'liile thefplzite y f 4 has the louvers 1? ,the` said louvers being so arranged Vthat the louvers in one plate, Vwhen the plates are in position, extend Yslightly below the corresponding louvers in the other plate, so that it will not bepossible.'

for any driving rain to be forcedthrough the louvers to the interior of the can These louvers may be in two vertical series, so that l, VVai reinforcing post may be placed between Fig. 2.

thertwo plates as may be clearly seen in This is a relatively cheap Y manner in which to form4 the ventilators inasmuchl as theseplates may be put in, say, a hundred ton press, lwith suitable dies and the` plates may then be rapidly struck out. As it is fottendesirable'to vary the'ainount of ventilation orfto stopany ventilation, I have jprovided a very cheapmeans which conii prises a shutter or cover 11 whichl may be l reinforced by the horizontal corrugations 1G,

while the edges of thisY shutter.v may be .f, 9 and 10.7extend substantially the verticalV turned over as at'V 17 to thus, compensate for the thickness o .t the strip 9 and to make a tight fitting or tight ruiming shutter Within its track. It Ywill be noticed that, the strips f height of the door so that the shutter 11 4may be pushed to the yupper position as shown to the right Yof Fig. 1, or it may be lowered to its'ope'n position, as shown -in rthefleft hand corner of Fig. V1.

`the, supporting bar or handle 18, as may be clearly'seen vin Figs. 1V andl. In Figs.r` V1 and 7 there isshown, along` the lower porp Inasmuch as theshutter 11 would beter is)` alittle high forl an operator to 'reach from? the ground, I have provided a comter is riveted as at 2O lto the shutter. 'As

vshown in Fig. 5this bracket may consist 'of the Vplate 19 having `the boss 21 thereon in Whichv'will iit the pin or pivot 22, ythe overlapped ear 23. Mounted on this pin is tion of thedoor, a Vstrip. 24C which is provided with two notches 25 to receive .theV lower. end of a grab-iron Q6 so that when thesupport or'handle 18 is `,in the position as shownto the right'ofFig. 1, there is no possibility ofthe same moving laterally to thusk allow the shutter or cover to drop.'A

" As may also beseen in li`igs. 1l and 8, cen-`v trally ofthe Width of Athe door and at its bottom,'tliere is provided a rest plate. 27,' so

Y* that when the. shutter 11 is in yits lowerniost l' position'the support or handle Y18 will tit" behind the same to prevent itV from rattling:

orbecoining damaged or preventit from' swinging downwardlyfrom the lower portion of the door.

iIt will be understoody that although in Fig. 1 have shown one of thesliutters VinY l' ters Patent is outer end of' the pin'being supported in the 1,591,1sif;Y

Vits `lowered position and one in its upper position; this is simply for the purpose ot yillustration as it will be appreciated that both shutters may be" inV their upper position Y Aat'the-,onetiine or both may be lowered to-Y i. gether.

From the foregoing it will beseen 'that the door is inherently strong, the lower por-k tions being solid and the upper portions being provided withy openings for the receptionV of the ventilators formed of metal plates having louver's and that these louvers p mavl be open-ed or closed by slidingV the shield or shutters to a. raised or lowered posiy V tion. Y Y

Furthermore the shutters or covers may be conveniently supported in' their upper most position by theiise of the supporter person on'the ground to raise or lowerl the shutters without being elevated from the, ground or track bed.

It will also'be seen thatV the dooi'falthough having 'Ventilating' means therein,

` liandleshown, land making it possible for av` maybe a relatively light one and that vthere y is only two main movableparts, that is. the; covers for each ot the ventilators, which et course, carry their respective supports, thus doing away with various coinplicatednieans y for opening y and closing f the louvers 'when desired.r"' y u 1 The arrangement of .the guides or tracks 'for the doors are extremely simple, and'also prevent any water from Ventering around the edgesof the' ventilators. K n l y Many slight changes might beinadefiwithout inany way departing from the spirit and scope'of the invention.

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` Having thus described myinvention, what Y Y I claim as Vnew and desire to secure by Let- A car door having two lined ventilators in its upper portion, said ventilators occupying the; greater part of the upper portionV of the 'door'xeach olf` saiduventilators coinlpi'ising two 'plates with louvers'tli'erein, a

pluralityof overlapping'strips for protecting the several edges of the ventilators Yand .a hanging support, separate means for retaining the supports in an uprightfrposition to hold the shutters iii'place, and means located between tliepaths of travel of the two said shutters for holding and'nesting lao e both of the supports togetherand `at rightL kangles to the vertical axisot vthe shutters when the said shuttersy are in their lowermost position. Y

In' testimony wliereo'fIaffiX my signature.

wiLLi'AM s. WINE. 

